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| Title |
The gift of failure : how the best parents learn to let go so their children can succeed / Jessica Lahey |
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| Edition |
First edition |
| Phys Descr |
xxvii, 272 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
BPL: Gift of the Belvedere Fund of the Maine Community Foundation. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Summary |
Counsels parents of school-aged children on how to overcome tendencies toward overprotectiveness to allow children to develop independence. --Publisher's description |
| Contents |
Introduction: how I learned to let go -- Failure: a most valuable parenting tool. How failure became a dirty word: a brief history of American parenting ; Why parenting for dependence doesn't work: the power of intrinsic motivation ; Less really is more: parenting for autonomy and competence ; Encouragement from the sidelines: the real connection between praise and self-esteem -- Learning from failure: teaching kids to turn mistakes into success. Household duties: laundry as an opportunity for competence ; Friends: accomplices to failure and the formation of identity ; Sports: losing as an essential childhood experience ; Middle school: prime time for failure ; High school and beyond: toward real independence -- Succeeding at school: learning from failure is a team effort. Parent-teacher partnerships: how our fear of failure undermines education ; Homework: how to help without taking over ; Grades: the real value of a low score -- Conclusion: what I've learned from letting go |
| Subject |
Self-reliance in children
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Child rearing -- United States
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Parenting -- United States
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Parental overprotection
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Early childhood education -- United States
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| OCLC # |
861210075 |
| ISBN # |
9780062299239 |
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0062299239 |
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